21.   The Dutch government has prevented reporters from interviewing them.

22.   The First Amendment says the government cannot prevent the press from printing what it wishes.

23.   The government could yet prevent a collapse in output by introducing big income-tax cuts to revive consumer and business confidence, but policymaking remains paralyzed.

24.   The only way the Mexican government could prevent a revolution would be to renege on oil payments before the first one was made.

25.   There is no way, however, that government can prevent private businesses from firing thousands of employees while their chief executive officers make millions.

26.   There is virtually unanimous agreement on Capitol Hill that the government should prevent the creation of cloned babies.

27.   These three women understand better than most that government cannot prevent every act of child abuse.

28.   They contend that the government cannot prevent them from making use of their land without adequate compensation.

29.   They contend the government cannot prevent them from erecting condominiums, extracting minerals or harvesting timber without adequate compensation.

30.   Union leaders say the government could have prevented many slayings by assigning bodyguards and using other measures.